Arctosa perita

Arctosa perita is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, and has been introduced into Canada.[1][2][3][4]

Arctosa perita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Arctosa
Species:
A. perita
Binomial name
Arctosa perita
(Latreille, 1799)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Arctosa perita:

  • (Arctosa perita perita) (Latreille, 1799)
  • Arctosa perita arenicola (Simon, 1937)

Diet

The diet for this species mainly consists of flies, moths, crickets and basically anything the same size or smaller than the spider itself.

References

  1. "Arctosa perita Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Arctosa perita". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Arctosa perita". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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